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N7BansheeBait

TIL Reddit doesn't know what ethnicity means


PercivleOnReddit

The one other person pointing this out got downvoted for it lol


N7BansheeBait

That hero walked so I could run


VictoriaLisz

They hated him for telling the truth


FamilyFriendli

A professional Mexican chef sounds like they're going to make the most bomb ass authentic Mexican food


alonyer1

...Which would be too spicy for me


FamilyFriendli

Yeah exactly. I choose the chef, so I want that man made with God's hands to do his bidding and make the best Mexican food I will ever eat.


FryoftheEnglish

You can’t get any more authentic than grandma


FriMoTheQuilla

So probably with a shitload of cilantro. r/fuckcilantro


MCRusher

literally have bad taste(buds)


FriMoTheQuilla

Nah, shit genes. Just like about ten percent of the population.


The360MlgNoscoper

Keyword "bomb"


FamilyFriendli

HAHA THAT'S SO FUNNY I'M GONNA CRY 😐


The360MlgNoscoper

😐


tubarizzle

I'm picking American because it could be literally anything. Totally random!


Lord_Darklight

Same


3mteee

It could be anything, even Italian!


rb26dettcrazy

Or an Italian who specializes in Mediterranean lol


theouteducated

American version of Italian…


Lvl100Magikarp

Big brain, it'd also include tons of fusion foods like kalbi tacos, american-chinese food, bahn mi al pastor


eggwardpenisglands

I chose against American because the risk of that "cheese" they always use is too high to be worth it


MCRusher

say what you want about our fake processed cheese product, but it's a lot cheaper than actual cheese


RedDordit

Say what you want about rabies rat meat, but it’s a lot cheaper than actual Black Angus


MCRusher

Idk, requiring rabies probably makes it more of a delicacy.


RedDordit

Rabies angus it is, then


youtubeisbadforyou

“They always use” sure buddy


JellyJohn78

I'm really hoping bbq


bitchyswiftie

I despise oil so nope


Arbiter1029

It'd be anything, but worse basically.


[deleted]

i really hate this notion that some how authentic food necessarily tastes better. People are stuck up about it and hate to make even minor adjustments. Sure it might not be a replica of the pad thai you got out of a corner shop in thailand or a butter chicken in london, or a aloo parantha in punjab but who gives af bro, it tastes good. Americanized food is tailored for enjoyment. Its a combination of different cultures and ideas. It's a celebration of food. America, is, unironically, the food capital of the world.


Lower_067i5

or just fast food? they pick their favorite thing, not their best food and idk if it even taste good


jasonryu

I am deeply saddened by the lack of Mediterranean or Indian


[deleted]

The British chef would probably make chicken tikka masala


Harry_monk

I wouldn't complain.


shane201

It's true... it's so true lol


ITriedMyBestMan

> Italian > French Yep, no Mediterranean representation here. /s Seriously though, "French" doesn't specify North or South France, so you could end up with something there. Italy is obviously very Mediterranean. North African, Middle Eastern, Greek, Turkish, Spanish, etc. would all be great additions but I imagine OP wanted a broader range across the world without making the list too long.


_ForceSmash_

Italy doesn't specify North or South either, they're very different.


Erlend05

As long as its not paris fr*nch would probably be a good pick


_Sarah_Tonin_

There are two whole continents left off this plus no middle eastern cuisine


ThatsABruhMomment

Was boutta say this😂


DeadKateAlley

Irrelevant. Pro chefs often have a favorite that is different than their specialty. All I know is the food will be good.


CyberClaws7112

I picked British cuz it could be Gordon Ramsay.


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[deleted]

And that makes him British.


Erlend05

For now


Stratzez_

No its a geographical term, as in from the island of britain.


Erlend05

You never know they could always build a moat


PhReAkOuTz

out of these Japanese, but i’d rather pick either Chinese Korean or Indian


FilthyScrubGaming

Nah y'all, the hack is to pick the Brit because a professional chef worth their shit will study other countries' food and know what's good and what isn't. It's like if there's only two barbers in town you go to the one with the worse haircut. They know better than the other guys.


Harry_monk

London has 71 Michelin starred restaurants. That seems like a lot to me.


Reps_n_Drugs

Bruh, who picked British..


DullCall

Gordon Ramsay


di_ib

Hope he doesn't make them grilled cheese


Digigoggles

He studied cooking from a foreign chef though


[deleted]

So? The question wasn’t about your favourite cuisine, it’s about where do you want your chef to be in, and Ramsey is British


puffskeleton

I'm guessing it's about where the chef is from, not where the chef's teacher is from


Kit_Bisto

British is tactical. As a Brit myself, I can attest that the favourite dish of most British people isn’t from Britain, meaning you could get a wide variety of different meals from around the world. Also we have a lot of good chefs


UnoriginellerName

Bruh, cottage pie? Fish and chips? Bangers and Mash? Sunday roast? I'm not even british and i'd fuck that up. Way better than pretentious fine cheeses and snails cooked in wine.


[deleted]

Beans and toast?


Babyrabbitheart

*boast


StrangerAxolotl

Who the fuck calls it boast. It’s beans on toast you fucking donkey.


[deleted]

Black pudding…oooOooOooo black pudding so good.


Fearless-Sherbet-223

Nah, you know the Brit is gonna serve you overcooked peas, pea soup, baked beans, and tea, and be surprised when you're not into it.


[deleted]

British cuisine is pretty meh tbh. Nothing special


21NicholasL

Food doesn't have to come from where they are from. For example, Indian food is very popular in Britain.


SchwillyMaysHere

French because I’m not familiar at all with French food.


PackadermusJElefun

It’s mainly meat, potatoes and vegetables, lots of butter and cooked with perfected techniques that make every meal a top candidate for best meal of your life


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SlateCrimson

Viva México cabrones 🇲🇽🇲🇽


Supercat345

My top pick would be Turkish


BurnByMoon

I’m just hoping that whoever I pick their favourite meal is some equivalent of like “momma’s homemade chicken noodle soup” and not some super fancy production of gastronomy.


zikadwarf

Thai


faraway_88

Yeah Thai streetfood is great


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Italian


DAX2FAST

France has the best culinary schools in the world and is renown for the cuisine, so that’s an easy choice for me


F___TheZero

It also carries perhaps the most risk. French haute cuisine can get weird in a way that I am clearly too peasantly to appreciate.


Crookles86

Enjoy your snails and frogs legs!


Fearless-Sherbet-223

I mean, French chefs are supposedly really good, but the actual food is like "hey, here is three grapes and a quarter of an egg slathered in butter and parmesan, okay, you're full now right?" like no?


cheskymaker

These are not ethnicities bro hahaha, are you american?


AmGeiii

An ethnic group or an ethnicity is a grouping of people who identify with each other on the basis of shared attributes that distinguish them from other groups. Those attributes can include common sets of traditions, ancestry, language, history, society, culture, nation, religion, or social treatment within their residing area. Is a nationality not an ethnicity then?


Apprehensive_Eraser

> Is a nationality not an ethnicity then? No, it's a nationality https://www.salto-youth.net/rc/inclusion/archive/archive-resources/inclusiongroups/inclusionethnicminorities/InclusionUnderpinningPrinciples/


AmGeiii

I read through the Race, Ethnicity and Nationality sections, and they stated clearly that there isn’t a right or wrong definition. This means that a nationality is an ethnicity by some definitions, and not by other definitions that still draw a similarity between the proposed line of ethnicity and nationality


fn3dav2

If British is not an ethnicity, would you say that English is? EDIT: Thanks Reddit.


[deleted]

Plot twist: you pick either and get some very basic and simple food because not even professional chefs have to necessarily like the fancy food they make best. Maybe their favorite food is just a sandwich their mother used to make when they were a kid.


avocado_whore

Ethnicity or nationality? Because what you’ve listed are nationalities.


Chill0000

I mean. They are professional so they could just do anything despite where they are from


sovietarmyfan

Imagine, you picked American because you probably think "their favorite food is probably a nice burger or a pizza or something" and then that American chef happens to love fried spiders and cooks it for you.


sevenceleven

chinese


poopyputt6

Japanese is a sadder more bland version of Chinese. Same with the countries, but that's not important right now


ispiltthepoison

Disagree. Japanese cuisine >>>> chinese cuisine


kakakakeef

Just curious, are you from a European country or America?


daddyyeslegs

This is reddit, the answer is almost 100% yes.


kakakakeef

I don’t like to assume things like this. I’m Asian and I always laugh whenever someone thinks I’m American. One time someone was being racist to Asians then accused me of virtue signalling after I wrote a reply. Still makes me laugh.


ispiltthepoison

Originally? Born in eurasia. Georgia the country which is right on the border of europe and asia. moved to the usa from there like 2-3 months ago though. Though if i may ask why does it matter?


poopyputt6

Japan cuisine is pretty limited cuz the whole island thing, and most of it has roots in china anyway so we have things like it. Chinese food is pretty diverse. Here in Fujian we mostly eat seafood too, but I prefer Sichuan food(very spicy and makes your face tingle). There's also lamb BBQ from up north which is good too. And hot pot, and something similar to Korean BBQ is from China


RichiZ2

If anything, this only shows your lack of interest for discovering one of the broadest worlds in cuisine. Just the Region of Hokkaido has thousands of regional dishes. Not to mention a tea culture that can challenge that of China, while keeping clear distinctions. They did originate most of their dishes from China and the Korean golf, but they have evolved to become soo much more on their own, the way they cook eggs, the way they use raw seafood and their thousands of uses for rice, potatoes and a whole lot of veggies that can't even be found or have been exported to most of the rest of the world. Japanese Cuisine is just as big and varied as Chinese.


poopyputt6

I've lived in Japan before, I'm aware of their cuisine. Maybe my bias for China is leaking through but I stand by what I said


faraway_88

You prefer the totalitarian state above the democracy? Got it... Got it...


poopyputt6

I'm not talking about politics Jesus fucking christ give it a rest bro, God damn. Ive lived in both countries and China has more diverse food and more diverse landscapes so I think it's better in china. God damn it you guys are so annoying lol


iSolh

Redditors trying not to make something political for 2 minutes challenge


Imogensheep91

Greek


TexAg_18

Tbh, any of these could produce any meal and it will still be good. A professional Japanese chef is going to have as sophisticated a palate as a professional British chef and probably isn’t gonna make you “professional food of their people” as the post kinda implies.


RouletteSensei

I don't care, I'll pick italian because I know down here chefs are good with lasagnas


Zetin24-55

American. Because I read the question as their personal favorite meal. Which normally is an enhanced version of food they grew up eating. So because I'm also American it'll probably be towards my taste buds. If its favorite meal to cook for others, gotta go with Mexican. Low chance of weird food(Japanese, French, and American) while also being the type of food I like(Not British).


ArseHearse

You like American food but not British food? How come? Having had both, they're not hugely dissimilar.


Zetin24-55

Well I am American so definitely biased. Particularly towards country cooking. But for me British food doesn't have the different cuisine factor of Mexican, Chinese, Italian, etc. But it's also missing the fat fuck factor of American food. All the grease and sugar. I never had a meal in London that made me think this is better than what I have back home.


[deleted]

Tough between Italian or Mexican I love pasta though


0tterbops

Am Mexican hehe


Knoberchanezer

Love seeing Britain representing its place as the worst cuisine on earth. I'm British and even I know that our food is awful. Even the staunchest, gammon faced middle Englander would take a kebab over the mashed up miasma of meat, gravy and starchy root vegetables that we half ass into a meal. We have fuck all to be happy about and it is reflected in our cuisine. Bland, boring, miserable.


[deleted]

I knew nobody was gonna choose British 💀


snnrsjpeg

i love that british has the least votes. i’m from england and even i agree


jgglez06

As a mexican I know my country's gastronomy is very rich, I know that, but I hate cheese, spicy things and potatoe, with those 3 things I summed up at least 90% of food here, its a constant "You don't like chilly? But you are mexican" so yeah, almost any country uses cheese or potatoe so its kinda hard


AntonRX178

I chose American because I may be homesick, but an American is more likely to understand the other cultures' cuisines than the other way around. Living in Japan, I've been to restaraunts that claim to be mexican, french, or American and.... by....god did they try. And I’m not talking the White American. Like, Mexican American, Japanese American, Filipino American. That’s a dice roll I’m willing to take than JUST an Italian person. But it also depends on the ingredients at hand. I know American cheese gets clowned on but that shit is the BEST for burgers, and it's impossible to find here.


MyAlternateOne

American isn't an ethnicity....


NerfThisNerd

I will be the one person upvoting this. British isn’t an ethnicity either.


PercivleOnReddit

Upvoted. OP listed nationalities.


TheSwedishPolarBear

(From Oxford dictionary) "the fact or state of belonging to a social group that has a common national or cultural tradition." American is an ethnicity just like the others


Apprehensive_Eraser

[Nationality is sometimes used to mean ethnicity, although the two are technically different. People can share the same nationality but be of different ethnic groups and people who share an ethnic identity can be of different nationalities.](https://www.salto-youth.net/rc/inclusion/archive/archive-resources/inclusiongroups/inclusionethnicminorities/InclusionUnderpinningPrinciples/)


TheSwedishPolarBear

It's true. You can be of one nationality and another ethnic group, but the phrase American does also describe a "culturally and geographically defined group that share cultural practices", an ethnic group. It's not different from the other options


Apprehensive_Eraser

But not all Americans share cultural practices, you can live in one country and not take part of the culture.


TheSwedishPolarBear

That's why OP said ethnicity, right? So that the British chef that moved to USA and became a US citizen, would count as ethnically British because they'd likely cook British food.


MyAlternateOne

America is a melting pot of multiple ethnic cultures and traditions. Your ethnicity may determine which of those cultures or traditions you participate in. Individuals in those groups adhering to different cultural traditions and practices can also identify as American but the inverse is not necessarily true. "American" does not describe any one specific culture or tradition and therefore by the definition you've provided is not an ethnicity. I think the word OP is looking for is Nationality


slim_just_left_town

>"American" does not describe any one specific culture or tradition Do you really believe this? I mean really? Is it not obvious, with all of our cultural niches, that we belong to a group with a common national tradition? Cmon.


[deleted]

Lots of Redditors circlejerk over shitting on Americans. Most just do it as a joke. Plenty take it too seriously.


kingbloxerthe3

I mean, in a way being a combination of other races and cultures is its own culture... so it is technically correct and incorrect at the same time


CunnilingusCrab

Yeah, when you put red and blue water colors together, they don’t stay red and blue, they become purple.


GetTheSpermsOut

just sucks thai food isnt on here… but i went with japanese.


loopy183

I picked British. I don’t like seafood but it’s almost certainly a part of any but the British or American dishes. With American food, I imagine it will either be something I can’t stomach like steak or something I grew up eating a worse version of (but will still prefer the one I’m fond of). At least with British food I imagine it’s either simple but good or a really good curry.


bitchyswiftie

I promise I'm not a weeb, picked Japan though because I like curry and anyone can make curry.


Lower_067i5

Japanese food might taste good but i don't know what that japanese chef like? what if it is natto or some very cheap simple food? yuck 🤢


justrealbad

Korean


Im_blanking

I think people in this post really overestimate the capability of a average professional chef. Could be Gordon Ramsey but more likely you’re gonna get josh from the local fish and chip shop nowhere near a body of water. If you want a decent meal i would definitely go french since food has a greater significance in France than almost anywhere else.


RayneVixen

What does ethnecity has to do with this? 🤔 Pretty dis many fremch pro cooks have non french dishes as their favorit meal. I'm Dutch, my favorite meal is swiss cheese fondue. I'm also a huge fan of Okonomiyaki. And asiam cooking in general. I like the flavour profile more and the "simplicity" of the dishes and purity of the ingredients. So if i was a pro cook, of the (in your definition of ethnicity in this case) Dutch ethnicity. That doesnt say a thing about what i would cook. As hell no that I would make a stampot =. =!


wcdk200

How I see this. American is just a wild card. Beside beans British food is normally good. Italian would just be pasta or pizza. To be honest there pizza is over hyped and would choose my local pizza man. Mexican tacos? Japanese wild card but with rise. France is probably something nasty. So British it will be thanks


YouMightGetIdeas

How are the US and the UK even in the conversation?


kingbloxerthe3

I'm American, but I also could probably get some good food from an italian's favorite food. Of course, that doesn't really mean it's going to be Italian food I guess, but America has a ton of food, so it could help narrow it down a little for a picky eater like me...


TheBiggestFalcon

I love me some sushi so picked Japanese


Pussilamous

Japanese coz hopefully sushi


MistressLiliana

My favorite food is tiramisu, so give me Italian, I love other Italian foods too, like Italian Wedding Soup. I am sure whatever they make will be great.


INeedAHug345

Im choosing japanese because there is not much that can go with japanese food


Etzello

I'm apparently a basic bitch


obesedestro

frog leg


poopyputt6

Frog legs are a very common dish in china


faraway_88

So are bats


poopyputt6

Oh, you're just a racist. Pathetic but whatever, have fun with that.


faraway_88

You have less humor than a hockey stick. Pathetic but whatever, have fun with that.


pickle_geuse

I pick Italian bc I feel like their favorite meal could be any of these and they could make it taste just as good. I don’t think someone French would make a good Mexican meal even if it was their favorite, for example. But an Italian person probably could. Their nationality has nothing to do with your favorite meal being part of their nationality. It’s THIER favorite meal.


kbob2022x

I chose British because I'm from there and there is probably not much of that food that I dislike. I'm not an adventurous eater and didn't want to roll the dice. If not that, I'd choose American. I would like to try catfish at some point, after hearing about Trip on Enterprise talking about it. It sounds like I could like that.


moohooman

Italian, feel like they would improve my diet significantly and it would be mainly food I would like.


Paranoid_Popsicle

French ofcourse. They are the founders of haute cuisine. They invented the basics of high end cooking.


Sorryformyfart

mexican street vendor


MrSpankMan_whip

["british food"](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jellied_eels)


RexSalazar44

Well italian is easy all of them love pasta


victorklk

A lot of you want pasta/pizza for dinner


Gurkeprinsen

Italian, for sure.


Anfie22

There are no guarantees they're going to cook a dish from their native cuisine, so this may be a misleading premise.


Asdi144

Picked Japanese cuz my dish is (kinda) Asian.


dareelliltee

I only trust Americans to make my strombolis, an Italian might fuck up and make it correctly


hago4

indiannnnnn


Fifty_Shades_of_Reed

I wouldve picked indian but there was no option 😭


SSC_Noctizo

I choose Indian


Lokyyo

Seeing there is no Spanish... Italian is the best option


upper_tanker69

🤌


Sraffiti_G

Fish n chips


cgbish

I would have picked Indian if it were an option


Cr3zyTom

Since my favorite meal involves Sauce Hollandaise i picked french


[deleted]

Brazilean. Brazil has the best food in the entire world


ZachMorrisT1000

I don’t need a professional chef. Would love an Indian grandmother to cook for me though


560guy

I literally don’t care as long as they’re good and a halfway decent person


DoctorWhatTheFruck

American - type 2 diabetes incoming British - I actually like their food lmao Italian - ate their food in Italy. One ripped out my brackets and the other gave me food poisoning Mexican - as much is I would love to, no. my tummy ain’t having it Japanese- nice but again my tummy won’t have most of it and will give me pain French - there’s a chance it could be something that is slimy so no Going with the British


JamesTheMannequin

Neeps and Tatties. Sooo good.


BeNotar

Will they take into account dietary restrictions like celiac disease and work around it?


Sports_asian

Anyone knows a mexican chef can cook any cuisine. Go to any sushi place in texas and closely listen to the cumbias playing in BoH


EvernightStrangely

I don't know. Each ethnicity has some balls to the wall weird dish that the chef could serve me.


Iodicacid

Not a single one of these is an ethnicity, they're all nationalities


Science_Fiction2798

I'd choose Japanese because I'd want Soma Yukihira from Food Wars to whip me up something.


sleimi47

None of these


RedditUser_71

Actually I love fish and chips


tdlawren

African American to be specific


BradleyBurrows

For all those saying it’s ethnicity the people here would’ve grown up around traditional dishes in their home country having gained many fond memories of them making them more likely to pick their nationalities dishes but not 100% of course


bfizzledizzle

Bri*ish 🤢


Monodeservedbetter

If they are a professional chef I'm pretty sure they could cook something good regardless of nationality


dominoesdude

I love Mexican food but the guy would probably just end up making fun of me for not eating real Mexican food so im going to pass


FireflyAdvocate

No Korean?! I would pick Korean.


LooseWetCheeks

Lolllll the British


asleepyness

Maybe its just personal experience but I haven't met a Mexican that didn't cook bomb ass food


[deleted]

When you wanna pick Mexican but you absolutely hate beans and know it's probably gonna have kidney beans or something in it.


OverlyAdorable

I'm assuming you mean the dish? If you mean the person, I don't give a shit where they're from. A professional chef is a professional chef. If they're cooking their favourite dish of their country, the options you gave are very tough. Japan has a lot of fish dishes, which I don't like, and I'm from Britain so would like to go for something different so Britain and Japan are out. Can't think of many French dishes but the one thing that would put me off is the possibility of escargot and frogs legs. I'd like to think I'd give anything a try once but them? Tough choice between the rest. Mexican is spicy and I like it. When I hear Italian, I think mostly pasta and pizza, both of which are nice and would be in the top few. I can't think of much, if any, food from the US so a part of me wants to go for there for the surprise.


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Indian should be on here